"Something's wrong, this is high-quality steel." Liu Ziyun's fingertips stopped on the surface of the valve, "But look, there's rust on it."
Hearing this, Tang Jiumin raised his eyebrows and looked over.
He had noticed something was wrong before, but Liu Ziyun emphasized it so deliberately, which meant that he had discovered something different.
"I'm not absolutely sure, and I can't tell how long it's been here, but this is obviously not normal. Even if the red liquid is corrosive, it won't be so fast."
"According to what you said, this is a valve. A poisoned valve. If it is used frequently, how can it get rusty so easily?"
"That's it..."
Tang Jiumin touched his chin and suddenly smiled, "Then this is another proof that my guess is correct."
"What's the meaning?"
"You'll find out later."
Tang Jiumin did not tell Liu Ziyun the answer, but took everyone away from here and started moving in the opposite direction of the tunnel.
Soon, a gate appeared in front of him, a pure steel gate seven meters high and ten meters wide.
Seeing this scene, Tang Jiumin raised his eyebrows slightly, nodded to Yefim next to him and spoke.
"Yefim, take out the cannon, the remaining ammunition will be useful."
"good."
After a while, Yefim took out the machine gun, held it in his hand, pointed it at the gate in front of him, and pulled the trigger.
After a while, the burning smell continued in the air, and the originally standing gate was blasted open by energy bombs. A hole more than two meters high appeared in the middle, with several half-melted iron sheets hanging next to it, revealing another world.
Liu Ziyun looked inside in astonishment, "This is..."
Beside him, Tang Jiumin took the lead and crossed the gate.
"My guess is indeed correct. This is the experimental base. Corresponding to our trial scene, the answer to the mystery of City No. 6 is here."
The rest of the people watched Tang Jiumin go in and followed him one after another. When they came in, a musty smell hit their noses, making them wrinkle their faces.
"What smells so bad..."
"On the ground, look at your feet."
"What the hell..."
Zhang Tiandao pinched his nose and couldn't help but look at his feet after hearing Cheng Zhi's words.
The base was very dark. At this time, Zhang Tiandao took a closer look, and then he almost jumped up in fright.
There were blood stains everywhere on the ground, blood that had completely dried up and even developed mold.
No wonder the whole base is filled with an unpleasant smell, that's why!
"Blood, blood, blood...why is it all blood?"
"Everyone, keep quiet for now. I'll go find the switch. There should be a light here."
Among the somewhat turbulent crowd, Liu Ziyun's calm voice quickly reached everyone's ears and made them quiet down.
But after a while, Liu Ziyun could not find the light switch. In desperation, he had to take out a necessary household appliance: a flashlight.
The dark space became slightly brighter...
The entire base was in a mess, with tables and chairs overturned on the ground, arms and legs missing, documents and documents everywhere... various signs of being smashed, and even patches of burnt marks.
It was obvious that some disaster had befallen this place.
"We have to be careful." Liu Ziyun walked around the edge and said in a deep voice, "The blood has dried long ago."
Explain that the time leading to the laboratory disaster is not in the near future.
Everyone was nervous and confused, not knowing what had happened here.
At this time, Liu Ziyun subconsciously turned around, looked in the direction of Tang Jiumin, and said to the latter, "Tang Jiumin, what should we do next..."
However, he was only halfway through speaking when suddenly, the lights on the surrounding ceiling and walls suddenly lit up.
Just now, Liu Ziyun just turned on the flashlight for lighting, but now the lights in the entire space lit up, shining farther away, making everyone realize that they were in a square filled with various goods.
There are a lot of goods to be shipped here, including sealed red liquid.
It seems that they are sent through the tunnel towards the water plant, and then the virus is released.
In the center of the square, Tang Jiumin figured it out immediately, but compared to the calmness he showed, others seemed very nervous and kept looking around.
A silent stalemate, maybe, maybe not.
In short, after a while, except for the dried blood on the ground, there was nothing special about the entire square, and it seemed peaceful.
……Yeah?
The problem is, if there is nothing unusual, how come the lights in the square suddenly turn on?
While everyone was confused, they suddenly heard a burst of electricity coming from there. As they searched nervously, they heard a very kind voice.
"finally come……"
"Welcome everyone, you are the new faces of the base. Are you from Experimental City No. 6?"
There was a hint of surprise in the other party's voice, as if he was surprised that someone broke into the base.
When Tang Jiumin heard this, his eyes flashed slightly and he looked up at the square, "Who are you?"
The voice continued to answer, "I am Neville, the person in charge of this base, and one of the main persons in charge of this experiment."
His words did not make Tang Jiumin and others relax in any way.
This base is full of weirdness. Suddenly a person in charge of the base appears, and no one knows the other's position.
You know, in the trial, most of these people are not good people.
Especially...they came from City Six.
"It seems like your experiment has failed?" Tang Jiumin spoke again.
"Yes, it's no different from failure."
The other party's voice was full of helplessness.
"There was a problem with the base a long time ago. Due to the virus leakage, our personnel were infected on a large scale. Many people died, and the base became what it is today."
"However, there is something I want to get rid of you because you came just in time."
"The few of us who are left have been trapped in the main control room of the base. The gate here has lost its power control and cannot open its security system, so I implore you to help reopen this place."
It's not tit-for-tat, but a request?
Liu Ziyun was a little surprised and couldn't help but look at Tang Jiumin next to him.
It happened that Tang Jiumin opened his mouth to ask, "I have a few questions to ask you."
"Please say."
"You said that the entire base suffered a virus leak, but I didn't see the dead scientific researchers at all."
"Indeed." The other party immediately replied, "Those who have been infected have turned into monsters, and those who have not been infected have been eaten by monsters, leaving no corpses at all."
Tang Jiumin asked again, "In other words, there are many monsters in this base?"
"Yes, that's right, there are many monsters wandering around this base, but we are in the main control room and have all the surveillance equipment. We can help you check the distribution of these monsters and let you avoid them."
Tang Jiumin and Liu Ziyun looked at each other.
"How about... try it?" Liu Ziyun muttered hesitantly. He thought he could do it. Anyway, he came here to reveal the truth. Since he could avoid zombies, the danger would be much less.
"Tang Jiumin, do you think there is any danger? Could it be a trap?"
However, Liu Ziyun still asked Tang Jiumin for his opinion. He believed in Tang Jiumin's judgment more than his own.
Tang Jiumin shook his head, "I can't tell at the moment."
Liu Ziyun frowned, "Then do we want to go?"
"Go, of course." Tang Jiumin responded affirmatively, "Whatever needs to go will naturally go. After all, this is the only clue we currently know."
Hearing this, Liu Ziyun nodded in agreement. At the same time, he heard Tang Jiumin ask again.
"We can agree to the person in charge, but you should know very well that we are people who ran away from the experimental area, and I am afraid we are not real people in your eyes."
"We help you, but it's not free."
The other party was silent.
After a while, the answer came.
"I can help you escape from this prison and obtain a formal human identity. In this way, you will never become a clone at the mercy of others."
At this moment, Tang Jiumin and the others finally confirmed the identities of their group.
Good guys, it’s similar to the last trial, they are still clones.
"Is there anything that can prove what you said? I can't possibly die after hearing a few words from you, don't you think so?"
Facing Tang Jiumin's inquiry, the voice was silent for a long time, and finally it became low.
"I have no way to guarantee you, nor any way to prove it. After all, we are all trapped in the main control room and can't do much."
"But I understand you. You came out of City No. 6 and experienced the virus disaster. Only those of us in charge know this!"
"Okay, I'll do this for you. I hope it's as you said." After hearing this, Tang Jiumin pondered for a moment, "But I have to go to the main control room to take a look first. Is it okay?"
"No problem, then please follow my instructions and move."
Under the instructions of this voice, Tang Jiumin and others first approached the direction of the main control room. They bypassed the square and entered a spacious passage surrounded by walls made of metal.
Everyone walked carefully along the passage, but after about ten minutes, the quiet voice suddenly sounded.
"Everyone, please be careful! At your 4 o'clock direction, there is a mutated monster coming from the passage! Please be careful."
Tang Jiumin and Liu Ziyun immediately looked towards the 4 o'clock direction. The rest of the people also took out their weapons and pointed them there.
About ten seconds later, the door to the passage was violently pushed open, followed by several deafening roars, and several mutated zombies with gray scales and human-like lizards rushed out from inside!
"Roar!!!"
The mutated zombie headed by them bared their sharp teeth at everyone and rushed forward!
For a moment, bullets were flying.
The defense of this mutant zombie is good, higher than that of ordinary zombies, but not as good as that of muscle zombies.
Therefore, in the face of bullets, it was still seriously injured. Under the firepower of several automatic rifles, it was quickly forced back from the passage.
And not only that, several other mutated zombies also disappeared from under their noses when Tang Jiumin and others fought back!
"Damn! Where did those go?!"
"Be careful, they may hide! Everyone, be careful!"
Liu Ziyun reminded the panicked group of people that this time, they did not shoot at the target, but increased their firepower and fired in all directions, trying to force out the mutated zombies.
This approach is very useful.
Perhaps these new mutated zombies had developed wisdom. When they discovered that Tang Jiumin and others had exploded with powerful attack power, they revealed their figures and retreated towards the passage behind them.
After a while, several mutated zombies completely disappeared from everyone's sight.
"gone?"
"Withdraw."
Liu Ziyun and Tang Jiumin said in unison.
Although it was a question and a statement, the two looked at each other and saw the doubt in each other's eyes.
Judging from their experience, these new mutant zombies are very strong! The strength and speed can be called a combination of muscular zombies and agile zombies. They are also good at hiding and full of explosive power. They can be called the second evolution.
Is it this kind of mutated zombies that, when they were at full fire, they didn't bother too much and retreated decisively?
At this time, Chen Min suddenly spoke:
"It seems that the zombies here are exposed to the most viruses and have evolved obviously. Even their IQs are much higher than those of the zombies outside."
His views were echoed by others.
Liu Ziyun relaxed his brows slightly, looked at Tang Jiumin, and found that the other party had turned around and continued to move forward.
"Let's go, what are you doing standing around?"
Next, everyone arrived near the main control room smoothly. They did not encounter mutant zombies, but only encountered some sporadic ordinary zombies.
"Hiss...it's really..."
Looking at the bronze-colored solid gate with no gaps in front of them, Liu Ziyun and others couldn't help but take a deep breath.
It seemed that just as the voice said, the main control room was completely sealed.
"This door is not easy to open." Liu Ziyun saw the doorway at a glance, walked to the door, turned on the energy of the mechanical arm, and tried to push it.
Not moving at all.
His power is like a stone sinking into the ocean, making no waves at all.
"Can't push it? Why don't you try shooting?" Chen Min suggested.
Just do what you say, Yefim still has some cannon ammunition, just give it a try.
Unfortunately, the bullets did not even leave any dents on the surface of the gate, and even the effect of the cannon was not much better.
"How's it going? Did you push it away?" The voice from the person in charge of the base sounded again after a while, and one could hear the urgency in his tone.
"No, the door isn't moving at all, and there's nothing we can do about it." Tang Jiumin looked up at the ceiling and answered.
"normal……"
"The sealed gate needs power control. It seems that the only way is for you to bypass the main control room and go to the power supply center."
After listening to the other party's answer, Tang Jiumin answered and asked, "How to get to the power supply center?"
"Go through the passage from your six o'clock direction, wait for the next intersection and then turn right..."
With their previous experience, everyone followed the instructions of the voice and slowed down after passing through several passages that were neither long nor short.
It was not because of lack of physical strength, but because they discovered that there were gradually more zombies wandering around.
In this case, it seems difficult to completely avoid these monsters.
At the same time, the sound also reminded them that there was no surveillance near the power supply center ahead.
Without the guidance of such a responsible person, Tang Jiumin and others were cautious.
But after arriving at the power distribution center, they were still attacked by monsters. They were still the new mutant zombies, monsters that looked like humans and lizards.
